Top 10 Most Expensive NFT’s of 2021
Non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, are altering our perceptions of art, and financiers are paying attention. NFTs have risen to prominence…
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Some of Africa’s largest banks are using a new blockchain-based payments processor
To solve problems African businesses have when settling payments within the continent, convince banks to transition from centralized systems to…
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Asante, an Africa-focused fintech company, has raised $7.5 million in Series A funding
Asante Financial ServicesAsante Financial Services, an African fintech, has raised a $7.5 million Series A round of funding to expand…
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How Start-ups Can Leverage 360 Degrees Marketing Techniques To Increase Sales
Sales are a determinant of whether a business would survive or not. The life blood of every business is embedded in…
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Third-party incidents became most costly enterprise data breaches in 2021 – Report
The latest edition of Kaspersky’s annual IT Security Economics report reveals the growing severity of cybersecurity incidents affecting businesses through suppliers that…
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Egypt launches 3rd African App Launchpad Cup
Egypt’s Information Technology Industry Development Agency (ITIDA) has announced the launch of the third edition of the African App Launchpad…
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Cybersecurity : Is South Africa a Playground for Cybercriminals?
The Attacks From All Angles 2021 Mid-year Cybersecurity Report by Trend Micro highlighted a 47% year-on-year increase in email threats as well…
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Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow with Luno’s 45% increase in customers
Crypto adoption in Africa continues to grow at a rapid pace, with Luno today announcing that 45% of one million…
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Don’t allow your NIN to be linked to another person’s SIM – NCC warns subscribers
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has strongly warned telecoms consumers to ensure they do not allow their National Identification Number (NIN) to…
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WhatsApp Introduces New Feature That Allows Users to Join Ongoing Calls Directly From Group Chats
WhatsApp has integrated its joinable calls feature — which lets users join an ongoing group video — directly into group…
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Global Cryptocurrency Market Cap Touches Historic High of $2.5 Trillion as Bitcoin Value Rallies over $60,000
The market capitalisation of all the cryptocurrencies put together has crossed a milestone of $2.5 trillion (roughly Rs. 1,87,42,625 crores)…
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Six reasons why information systems are so essential for Startups
What is it about information systems that makes them so important in the modern world? Why are companies spending so…
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Sendbox Raises $1.8 Million to Digitise Deliveries For African SMEs
Sendbox, the Nigeria-based e-commerce fulfillment platform for merchants in Africa, has today announced the completion of a $1.8 million seed…
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Egypt’s Nawah Scientific adds high-level investor ahead of Series A round
Egypt-based life science startup Nawah Scientific has sold a strategic stake to Essam Abdelhadi, the former vice president Middle East,…
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NITDA begins 5-day digital skills training for 50 journalists
Kashifu Inuwa Abdullahi, director general of the National Information Technology Agency (NITDA) has inaugurated a five-day capacity training programme for members of…
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The Next Wave: Is Decentralised Finance the key to Africa’s economic liberation?
Decentralised Finance (DeFi) doesn’t only take power away from traditional governmental institutions and corporations, it also may provide an opportunity…
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SEACOM Boosts its IP Network with a Serious Bandwidth Upgrade
SEACOM, a fibre-led telecoms provider and owner of extensive ICT infrastructure across Africa, has announced a 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GE)…
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Piggyvest assures users of funds safety amid N2bn investment loss rumours
Amid rumours that it lost a colossal N2 billion of investor funds to a fraudulent investment scheme, Piggyvest, an online saving…
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North Vancouver May Use Bitcoin Mining to Generate Heat, in 2022
The Canadian city of North Vancouver is considering Bitcoin mining as a way to generate and provide heat to its…
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Bitcoin Scammers Targeting iPhone Users via Dating Apps Like Tinder, Bumble: Report
Sophos cybersecurity researchers identified a Bitcoin wallet filled with tokens worth $1.4 million (roughly Rs. 10 crores) that were collected…
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CBN affirms that Nigerians can use the eNaira without internet-enabled phones
Nigerians without access to internet-enabled phones would also be able to utilize the eNaira currency. This was revealed by the…
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Jack Dorsey Says Square Is Looking to Build a Bitcoin Mining System
Square Chief Executive Officer Jack Dorsey said on Friday the fintech firm is looking to build a Bitcoin mining system…
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Tala, a Kenyan fintech company, has raised $145 million in a Series E round of funding
Tala, a fintech company, announced that it has raised USD 145 million in a Series E funding round led by…
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How Artificial Intelligence is helping to make breast cancer history
Every October for the last four decades, Breast Cancer Awareness Month has helped to raise visibility of the most prevalent…
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PwC, UNDP sign MOU to promote technology initiatives across Africa
The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, and PwC Nigeria recently signed a ground-breaking Memorandum of Understanding, (MOU), to collaborate on strategic initiatives…
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Egyptian e-commerce startup Talabeyah raises $1.1m funding round
Cairo-based startup Talabeyah, which runs a food and grocery B2B e-commerce and distribution platform, has raised US$1.1 million in funding…
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How agritech startups are helping to check food inflation in Nigeria
Techpoint Africa currently operates in a hybrid co-living and remote work environment. About half of the team live on the same…
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Netflix, UNESCO partner to unearth emerging filmmakers in SSA
In a drive to discover emerging filmmaking talents, Netflix and UNESCO have partnered to launch a creative short film competition….
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3 Things To Look for When Upgrading Your PC
Don’t you hate it when your keyboard skills are superior to the power of your computer monitor? Being a keyboard…
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This Week’s Top 4 Google Searches Across Africa
Google Trends publishes the top searches for every day of the week and covers 4 African countries in which it sees…
